Monthly Archive for July, 2015

: July, 2015

RIAT is the Royal International Air Tatoo — simply Europe’s biggest of air shows and takes place at RAF Fairford near Gloucestershire UK. More than 150,000 attended last week to see antique aircraft, historical airplanes, the newest in aviation technology, one of the last flights of the sole flying Avro Vulcan as well as premier […]…

Readers at Travel for Aircraft may be interested in a raffle that the MedEvac Foundation is having for two muscle cars. These show-grade cars are being auctioned as part of MedEvac’s Great American Safety Drive. The Drive is the MedEvac Foundation’s major fund raising initiative for 2015, a philanthropic event designed specifically to promote […]…

Caledonian Skies, Hugh Wilson, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4808-055-2, 159 pp. Hugh Wilson is first generation U.S. citizen descending from Scotland born and raised parents. He has written an intriguing as well as entertaining story of how World War II in Europe may have been prevented in Caledonian Skies. His love for his ancestral country shines through […]…

39° 59′ 31″ N / 75° 34′ 44″ W The American Helicopter Museum and Education Center is one of only three museums in the World specializing in helicopters and vertical flight. It also does not disappoint! An easy road and brief trip from Philadelphia the museum greats visitors with no less than five helicopters on the front […]…

365 Aircraft You Must Fly, Robert F. Dorr, 2015, ISBN 978-0-7063-4763-8, 320 pp. Dorr has done it again. His ability to write informatively with an easily readable style enables him to capture the essences of no less than 365 aircraft in a handy, fun book. Each page covers one or two aircraft using photos, a […]…

40° 12′ 07″ N / 75° 08′ 23″ W The Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum is a brief drive from Philadelphia and a pleasure to visit. What is not to like about a building with state-of-the-art architecture and Convair Sea Dart? There is so much more to experience with so many aircraft displayed on […]…

N904AR is a cargo variant of the Boeing 747-400, known as the B 747-400 ERF — ERF for Extended Range Freighter. The ERF is purpose-built for air cargo duty lacking passenger windows save a few on each side of the upper deck. The main deck can have seats fitted should they be required. The most […]…

Originally posted on The People’s Mosquito:In April we spoke to our Patron, Capt. Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown, about the first carrier deck landing, in March 1944, of a De Havilland Mosquito: the first British twin-engine aircraft, and the heaviest, to have been landed on a deck at that time. Capt. Brown also stressed the importance……